Critical Thinking: A Concise Guide Tracy Bowell, Robert Cowan and Gary Kemp is an English-language textbook aimed at higher education. This reference work covers core concepts and techniques for identifying, analyzing, and evaluating arguments.
This concise guide will equip students with clear tools to think critically and distinguish good reasoning from bad. Topics include argumentation principles, language use that can conceal arguments, and the difference between argumentation and rhetoric. It also covers the concepts of truth, knowledge, and opinion, in addition to evaluating various types of arguments and distinguishing between deductive and inductive reasoning.
The fifth edition has been thoroughly revised and expanded with, among other things, Venn diagrams and current topics such as fake news. This concise guide will equip readers to make sharp, well-founded judgments across a range of disciplines.
Topics tie in with philosophy, especially logic and epistemology.